A must for any bowhunter’s personal library, this 1,028-page volume is the eighth of the Pope & Young Club’s bowhunting record book series.  Bowhunting Big Game Records of North America, 8th Edition, includes 108,603 entries-all entries in the Records Program through December 31, 2016. The comprehensive listing of entries includes the final score, gross supplemental score, selected measurements, location, date of kill, hunter’s name and all-time rank. The listings are sorted by species and then by score in descending order. The book features portrait photos and field photos for the World’s Records and some first-person-account stories of the hunts that produced these World’s Records. This book introduces ten (10) new World’s Records since the 7th Edition record book publication. The book includes more than 15 educational and entertaining feature stories, including a photo essay capturing past images of our great “Forefathers of Bowhunting,” detailing special moments of Dr. Saxton Pope, Art Young, Fred Bear, Ishi and many more. A CD-Rom of the records is included with this record book. The CD contains records information in database format (Microsoft Excel). Popularly sought-after and requested, this format allows users to personally sort the data fields at their choosing on their PC. Copyright issues do not allow for the reproduction or dissemination of this information. This book not only recognizes and honors these extraordinary examples of North American big game, it also traces the past and present health of these wildlife populations and offers indisputable evidence of the continued success of hunting as a wildlife management tool. Perhaps as importantly, the pages of this publication are a testimonial to the spirit and time-honored traditions of the hunt and harvest. This is a book of bowhunting’s history and bowhunting’s remarkable success story.